Masculinities

After decades of gender research focused on femininity, the male condition entered the political and academic agenda of Latin America starting in the 1990s. At that time, groups of men interested in such studies emerged, influenced by North American schools of thought, under the impact of the dramatic consequences of…

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Cartola

CARTOLA

Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), 1908 – 1980

By Marcelo Silva Souza

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(Português) Mora Valverde, Manuel

MANUEL MORA VALVERDE San José (Costa Rica), 1909 – San José (Costa Rica), 1994 By Jorge Rovira Mas Costa Rican, born in 1909. He graduated as a lawyer. In June 1931, he founded the Communist Party of Costa Rica (PC). The Party’s initial name, since the founders’ proposal was vetoed…

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(Español) Sarlo, Beatriz

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1942 By Flávio Aguiar Beatriz Sarlo's main interests include literature, its relationship with mass media, politics, and popular literature. She has also become an expert on the works of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges, and Victoria Ocampo. In 1995, she published El imperio de…

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